In late March after the Chinese New Year, director Xu Zhiyuan sent a message to Ying Yanluo, telling her that "Mother" was scheduled to be released. Ying Yanluo was a little surprised. This was nearly a month earlier than she expected. There was also a screening before the film was officially released.
Su Weichu, as the largest investor in this project, was naturally invited as well. Ying Yanluo was the screenwriter of the show, needless to say. The couple went to the premiere with the original intention of sending Beibei to Shen's mother and the others. After all, the animation they were working on was something that children would like, and they were afraid that the child would get bored and sit still later on.
But Beibei is happy.
Ying Yanluo and Su Weichu looked at each other, thought about it, and decided to take Beibei with them.
After arriving at the scene, they discovered that not only they brought children, but other teachers also brought children.
Ying Yanluo also saw a familiar figure among those children.
"Wei Chu, is that child you think is Dudu?"
Beibei was lying on Su Weichu's shoulder. When she heard Brother Dudu's name, she immediately looked up and asked, "Where is Brother Dudu?"
At this time, Wei Chenshu also saw Ying Yanluo and the others, and the young boy immediately ran towards them.
Beibei arrived, "Brother Dudu!"
He struggled to get off Su Weichu's body.
Su Weichu followed him.
As soon as Bei Bei stood firm, he took a big step and rushed towards Wei Chenshu.
Wei Chenshu caught the person and called for help with a smile.
"Uncle, aunt."
Su Weichu nodded, "Where's your mother?"
Wei Chenshu pointed to the lounge in the distance and said, "Mom and Dad are in there with other uncles and aunts."
Ying Yanluo touched his head and said, "Then Dudu took Beibei to play, and uncle and aunt went in?"
Wei Chen nodded, "Okay, I will take good care of my brother."
After handing Beibei over to Wei Chenshu, the couple went to the lounge.
There were quite a lot of people in the lounge, including the film's creative team, some investors, media, and film critics...
"Boss Su, Madam Su, are you guys drunk?"
Su Weichu was the biggest investor and producer of this film. The investors on the scene had a friendly cooperative relationship with him, so they naturally greeted them warmly when they came in. At the same time, they also did not forget to say hello to Ying Yanluo who was beside him. No one present knew that Su Weichu had a good relationship with his wife, and his wife was also the chief screenwriter of this film.
Wei Jing and Shen Xingyao passed by.
Shen Xingyao called out to Su Weichu, then reached out and held Ying Yanluo's arm, "Yanyan, shall we go sit over there?"
Ying Yanluo glanced at Wei Jingyi, then followed Shen Xingyao.
Shen Xingyao: "The screening hasn't started yet, I guess they're still talking about small talk."
There were not many women in the conference room, only them and two or three film critics who were not very familiar but had influence.
Shen Xingyao moved the fruit plate next to her towards her and asked, "Did you see Dudu when you first came in?"
"I'm here, playing outside with some kids."
"It's another teacher's child. It's gone. Is Beibei gone?"
"That's right, Dudu is taking me out to play."
Shen Xingyao smiled: "Dudu just likes Beibei."
That's right, Beibei is the youngest child in their family. Dudu's desire to be a brother is greatly satisfied through Beibei.
The topic that people over there talked about was nothing but movies, and Ying Yanluo and the others soon started talking about the same thing.
During this process, Ying Yanluo could feel Shen Xingyao's nervousness, but this was normal. For Shen Xingyao, this movie was also her transition work, so how could she not be nervous? Moreover, before the filming, director Xu Zhiyuan also revealed that they planned to strive for this year's 100th Anniversary Awards for this movie.
Not to mention that Shen Xingyao was nervous, Ying Yanluo was not much better. She had previously participated in TV drama productions, but "Mother" was indeed her first film work in which she played a major role. To be honest, the two of them were nervous together.
In just this month, quite a few movies were released, and several of them were vying for this year's Hundred Images Awards, so the pressure was extremely high.
Almost half an hour later, the screening began.
The teachers who were taking care of the children should have reminded them in advance, so after the movie started, the children in the theater stayed with their parents and watched the movie together.
Beibei sat on Su Weichu's lap holding a small box of popcorn. The kid didn't know much about this kind of movie and was very interested in it. He leaned against his father, eating popcorn and drinking small sips of the wine that Ying Yanluo had fed him.
After more than two hours, the movie finally ended.
Although most of the people present were members of the film team and had participated in the production and shooting before the film was completed, none of them were as shocking as the completed film that has been produced now. As for the publicity and promotion personnel and media critics present, their eyes were red when they left the cinema.
Several well-known film critics in the film industry are here. Seeing them like this, director Xu Zhiyuan feels a lot more relieved.
After the screening, Director Xu Zhiyuan originally planned to treat them to dinner. Fortunately, when the dinner time came, most of the film critics present refused. They didn't want to eat now. They just wanted to go home and write their reviews quickly.
After knowing their idea, Director Xu Zhiyuan immediately gave the go-ahead and said that he would treat everyone to a meal after the movie was officially released.
Therefore, the people who finally attended the dinner were the staff of their film team and several investors.
…
After watching the screening, the film critics went back and recorded their true feelings after watching "Mother". "Mother" has not yet been released, but because of the publicity from film critics and the media, "Mother" has received a wave of good reviews.
But the reviews for "Mother" were too good, and some questioning voices emerged.
"Is this movie really that good? I've seen several film critics' Weibo posts, and they're basically all praising it."
"Don't you think it's too fake to say these are all positive reviews?"
"It turns out I'm the only one who feels this way."
"Is this Shen Xingyao's first exposure to movies?"
"Besides, the male lead is Actor Gu, why do I feel like most film critics are praising Shen Xingyao?"
"I'm afraid you paid someone to rate it?"
"It's ok to praise the actors, but do the screenwriters need to be praised like this as well?"
"Mr. Ying's writing skills are indeed great, why can't you praise him?"
“She is talented, but I don’t think she has won any major awards. She is probably the only talented screenwriter in the screenwriting circle, right
Soon, the discussion shifted from the actors to the screenwriters, and some marketing accounts also followed suit, muddying the waters even further.
Fans of Shen Xingyao and Ying Yanluo are so angry. What do you mean by "first exposure to movies"? Is it normal that you should know your mother the first time you see a movie? And what do you mean by "never won any awards"? I really want to throw the Best Screenwriter Award that Teacher Ying just won last year in their faces!
Although the fans are angry, they also know that "Mother" will be released in two days, and now is the time to quarrel. So all they can do is to post empty reviews under those marketing accounts, otherwise the popularity will be in vain.
Facts have proved that fans who stop fighting and focus on promoting their own films can indeed attract passers-by. At least on the day when "Mother" was officially released, the cinema was packed with audiences going to watch "Mother". They really want to know whether those film critics are paid or not.
The film uses director Xu Zhiyuan's usual flashback shooting technique.
The movie opens with An Yuan, played by Shen Xingyao, waking up from a nightmare in a small room. There is a thunderstorm outside and beads of sweat are beaded on the woman's forehead. The audience can already feel the depressing tone.
An Yuan is a police officer's wife. Her husband is a criminal policeman. During a police call, her husband was unfortunately stabbed by a gangster. Because he did not receive timely treatment, he died when he was sent to the hospital. At that time, An Yuan was more than seven months pregnant.
The death of her husband was a great shock to An Yuan, but she had to cheer up because of the baby in her belly.
But An Yuan still felt a heavy weight on her heart.
That is, the murderer who killed her husband has not been caught yet.
In a blink of an eye, three years have passed, and An Yuan and her husband's child is already three years old. An Yuan watches her child grow up day by day, and the child looks more and more like his father. An Yuan has found hope in life, but this hope did not last long.
A sudden car accident caused An Yuan to lose her only son.
After her son's death, An Yuan suffered a complete mental breakdown.
The rhythm of the movie is very good. Ten minutes after the opening, the audience has a general understanding of the previous story.
The scene where Shen Xingyao lost her child gave the audience goose bumps instantly, because her acting was too realistic and she portrayed a mother's despair vividly.
In the following years, An Yuan went crazy. In the car accident, she lost her son and her voice.
The fast-forward shot returns to the beginning of the movie. An Yuan saw a child's figure in the rain. She immediately ran downstairs and looked for the figure in the rain. She made a sound, but at that moment, the audience seemed to hear her voice again.
The glance between An Yuan and the little boy next to the trash can instantly brought tears to the audience's eyes.
After An Yuan brought the child home, the pace of the story quickened, with high energy and twists all the way, making the audience marvel at the acting skills of Shen Xingyao and actor Gu Lian, the director's shooting techniques, and the screenwriter's powerful and meticulous logical thinking.
Many people actually went to the movie with a positive attitude, but they did not expect that after the movie ended, they could not get over the situation for a while. The overreacting audience quickly posted their ticket stubs for "Mother" and some of their true feelings about the movie online, and finally came to the conclusion that...
The film critics didn’t receive any money!
Shen Xingyao’s acting skills are really amazing!
Director Xu Zhiyuan’s shooting technique is really powerful!
Screenwriter Ying Yanluo's screenwriting ability must be displayed on the public screen!
Some netizens even said that they have already bought tickets for the next show and are ready to watch it again!
…
"Mother" became the biggest dark horse with its strong reputation. Several movies released at the same time were not able to beat it. "Mother" received almost all positive reviews online. During the period when the movie was released, the total box office has exceeded 3 billion.
Both the film team and the investor team are extremely satisfied with this result.
Especially for Shen Xingyao, the box office of her first movie that transformed her was 3 billion. In other words, the movie "Mother" has allowed her to successfully complete the important task of transformation. Feng Tao, who had been worried about her taking on this movie, has been in high spirits recently, and the movie "Mother" is what he often talks about.
Because of the excellent performance of "Mother", director Xu Zhiyuan soon told them better news.
"Mother" was successfully shortlisted for this year's 100 Images Awards!
And! The shortlisted ones are the top five nominees!
Best Actor, Actress, Director, Screenwriter and Film!
This news was like a drop of water splashing into an oil pan, and their film team was instantly boiling with excitement!!
After learning the news, Ying Yanluo immediately dropped the work at hand and took the elevator to the 21st floor.
"What happened to Teacher Ying? He ran so fast!"
"I know. I was just scared."
"Where is Teacher Ying going?"
Then, the employees who were talking noticed that the elevator that Ying Yanluo had just entered stopped on the 21st floor.
Everyone, you love me and I love you, and we all understand.
When Li Jing and the others saw Ying Yanluo coming out of the elevator, they immediately greeted her respectfully, “Hello, Madam.”
Ying Yanluo: "Is President Su in there?"
Li Jing: “Yes…”
After arriving here, Ying Yanluo had already impatiently passed them.
"In a meeting..." Ying Yanluo didn't hear the rest of Li Jing's words.
Chen Qin looked at her and said, "Yes, you should shout..."
As he said this, Ying Yanluo had already reached out and pushed open the door of Su Weichu's office.
Li Jing: “…”
Chen Qin: “…”
Forget it, forget it. They don’t dare to call the wife out in front of President Su at this time.
After Ying Yanluo opened the door, she saw Su Weichu sitting behind the desk. Su Weichu looked up when he heard the voice with surprise on his face. At this time, Ying Yanluo had already run towards him quickly. She reached out and pulled his chair back, and the next second she sat on him and hugged him.
“Su Weichu, I’m so happy now… I’m really… really…” Ying Yanluo was already a little incoherent.
Su Weichu was stunned for two seconds, but soon recovered. He naturally hugged the man and asked, "What's the matter that makes you so happy?"
"I just received a call from Director Xu. Director Xu said that our movie was successfully shortlisted for this year's Hundred Images Awards and has received five major nominations. Do you know which five nominations they are?" Ying Yanluo happily started asking and answering herself, "Best Actor and Actress, Best Director, Best Picture, and... Best Screenplay!"
Su Weichu cooperated by widening his eyes, "So you've been nominated for Best Screenwriter?"
"Yeah! I was nominated for Best Screenplay!!"
Ying Yanluo has never been nominated for this award, but there are still some differences between TV series and movies. Winning the Best Screenwriter Award in a film award is also a recognition of her ability in the film industry. How can she be happy
Su Weichu hadn't seen her so happy for a long time, and he couldn't help but lean over and kiss her.
"Yan Yan, you are really great."
Ying Yanluo looked into his deep and sincere eyes and felt very warm in her heart. She reached out and hugged his neck, wanting to respond with a more passionate kiss, but before she could touch him, she suddenly saw Su Weichu.
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Um
She took the initiative to kiss him, and he actually asked for more
Ying Yanluo looked at him in confusion.
So, under Ying Yanluo's understanding gaze, Su Weichu turned slightly and spoke fluent English on the notebook on the desk.
Ying Yanluo's body stiffened instantly, because she knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Today's meeting ends here. We'll discuss the rest tomorrow."
Ying Yanluo: “???” She slowly and stiffly turned her head and looked towards Su Weichu’s laptop. In the last few seconds before the video conference ended, she clearly saw several blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners sitting at the conference table on the other side of the laptop screen.
Su Weichu was so calm that he realized that Yanluo had overreacted.
Ying Yanluo's face flushed red as she overreacted. Her lips trembled slightly. "You... were holding an international conference just now?"
Su Weichu still had a smile on his face and nodded.
Ying Yanluo let out a cry, covered her face with her hands, and then leaned on Su Weichu's shoulder in despair.
Oh my God! What on earth did she do just now! ! The thought of running into the room, pulling his chair back, sitting on him, hugging him and saying a lot of things excitedly, and finally wanting to chase him and kiss him.
Ying Yanluo felt that if there was a crack in the ground now, she could probably squeeze herself in!
Su Weichu pulled the person up from his shoulders, touched her face with a smile, and said, "It's okay, they understand Chinese."
Would Ying Yanluo believe it? If she did, there would be a ghost! Moreover, even if they did not understand Chinese, she was really embarrassed to be seen by them because of her appearance just now. You know, he was attending an international conference at that time. If she was beaten to death, she would not get into trouble!
"You didn't remind me?" she complained.
It has a hint of coquettishness.
The corners of Su Weichu's mouth curved even more sharply, "I do want to, but how can I remind you?"
Ying Yanluo thought about it and realized that if she had been reminded at that time, she would have been even more embarrassed. Although she was not feeling much better now, she needed to go out alone to calm down. So, she prepared to get up, but she couldn't because Su Weichu held her waist tightly.
Ying Yanluo: "What for?"
"Did you forget something?" Su Weichu reminded her.
In fact, she had already remembered it when Su Weichu reminded her, but at this moment, she was no longer in the mood to think about it.
"Hello, I have to go back to the office."
Su Weichu looked at her and smiled softly. Then he grabbed the back of the person's head and kissed her quickly.
It was no longer the superficial taste as before, but an intimate entanglement of the tongue tips.